Kaiju ​Books

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​Toho Special Effects Official Visual Book Vol.28 Sanda & Gaira
Publisher: Dai Nippon
March 2019
​Pages: 36
Planning and organization: Osamu Kishikawa
Designed by Makena Graphics
​Language: Japanese & English​​
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Synopsis
All volumes are published by Dai Nippon Printing, read from left to right, each volume is 36 pages long and printed on A4 size paper. They are distributed by the Godzilla Store and cover the conceptualization and production aspects of kaiju from Toho's library of films, with each volume focusing on a different character.

This volume covers Sanda and Gaira from War of the Gargantuas (1966).
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​Toho Special Effects Official Visual Book Vol.26 Godzilla 1965
Publisher: Dai Nippon
Feb 2019
​Pages: 36
Planning and organization: Osamu Kishikawa
Designed by Makena Graphics
​Language: Japanese & English​​
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Synopsis
All volumes are published by Dai Nippon Printing, read from left to right, each volume is 36 pages long and printed on A4 size paper. They are distributed by the Godzilla Store and cover the conceptualization and production aspects of kaiju from Toho's library of films, with each volume focusing on a different character.

This volume covers Godzilla from Invasion of Astro-Monster (1965).
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​Toho Special Effects Official Visual Book Vol.25 Mechagodzilla 1993
Publisher: Dai Nippon
Jan 2019
​Pages: 36
Planning and organization: Osamu Kishikawa
Designed by Makena Graphics
​Language: Japanese & English​​
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Synopsis
All volumes are published by Dai Nippon Printing, read from left to right, each volume is 36 pages long and printed on A4 size paper. They are distributed by the Godzilla Store and cover the conceptualization and production aspects of kaiju from Toho's library of films, with each volume focusing on a different character.

This volume covers Mechagodzilla from Godzilla Vs. Mechagodzilla II (1993).
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The Art of Godzilla: King of the Monsters
Publisher: Titan Books
June 4, 2019
​Pages: 176
Author: Abbie Bernstein
​Language: English​​

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Following the global success of Godzilla and Kong: Skull Island comes the next chapter in Warner Bros. Pictures' and Legendary Pictures' cinematic Monsterverse, an epic action adventure that pits Godzilla against some of the most popular monsters in pop culture history. 
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​The new story follows the heroic efforts of the crypto-zoological agency Monarch as its members face off against a battery of god-sized monsters, including the mighty Godzilla, who collides with Mothra, Rodan, and his ultimate nemesis, the three-headed King Ghidorah. When these ancient super-species--thought to be mere myths--rise again, they all vie for supremacy, leaving humanity's very existence hanging in the balance.

The Art of Godzilla: King of the Monsters is an in-depth behind the scenes look at the epic movie. Packed with concept art, on-set photography, and insight from key members of the production--including director Michael Dougherty--this beautiful book tells the story of how Godzilla, Mothra, Rodan, and King Ghidorah were brought to terrifying life.
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​Toho Special Effects Official Visual Book Vol.24 Godzilla 1993
Publisher: Dai Nippon
Jan 2019
​Pages: 36
Planning and organization: Osamu Kishikawa
Designed by Makena Graphics
​Language: Japanese & English​​
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Synopsis
All volumes are published by Dai Nippon Printing, read from left to right, each volume is 36 pages long and printed on A4 size paper. They are distributed by the Godzilla Store and cover the conceptualization and production aspects of kaiju from Toho's library of films, with each volume focusing on a different character.

This volume covers Godzilla from Godzilla Vs. Mechagodzilla II (1993).
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​Toho Special Effects Official Visual Book EX Vol.3 Eiji Tsuburaya 1954-1969
Publisher: Dai Nippon
Dec 2018
​Pages: 36
Planning and organization: Osamu Kishikawa
Designed by Makena Graphics
​Language: Japanese & English​​
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Synopsis
All volumes are published by Dai Nippon Printing, read from left to right, each volume is 36 pages long and printed on A4 size paper. They are distributed by the Godzilla Store and cover the conceptualization and production aspects from Toho's library of films, with each volume actors, super weapons, or creators.

​This volume covers the films of special effects director Eiji Tsuburaya (1901-1970) from Godzilla through Latitude Zero 1954-1969.
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​Toho Special Effects Official Visual Book Vol.23 Gorosaurus 1967
Publisher: Dai Nippon
Dec 2018
​Pages: 36
Planning and organization: Osamu Kishikawa
Designed by Makena Graphics
​Language: Japanese & English​​
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Synopsis
All volumes are published by Dai Nippon Printing, read from left to right, each volume is 36 pages long and printed on A4 size paper. They are distributed by the Godzilla Store and cover the conceptualization and production aspects of kaiju from Toho's library of films, with each volume focusing on a different character.

This volume covers Gorosaurus from King Kong Escapes (1967).
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​Toho Special Effects Official Visual Book Vol.22 Mothra 1961
Publisher: Dai Nippon
Oct 2018
​Pages: 36
Planning and organization: Osamu Kishikawa
Designed by Makena Graphics
​Language: Japanese & English​​
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Synopsis
All volumes are published by Dai Nippon Printing, read from left to right, each volume is 36 pages long and printed on A4 size paper. They are distributed by the Godzilla Store and cover the conceptualization and production aspects of kaiju from Toho's library of films, with each volume focusing on a different character.

This volume covers Mothra from Mothra (1961).
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Toho Special Effects Official Visual Book Vol.21 Godzilla 1999
Publisher: Dai Nippon
Oct 2018
​Pages: 36
Planning and organization: Osamu Kishikawa
Designed by Makena Graphics
​Language: Japanese & English​​
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Synopsis
All volumes are published by Dai Nippon Printing, read from left to right, each volume is 36 pages long and printed on A4 size paper. They are distributed by the Godzilla Store and cover the conceptualization and production aspects of kaiju from Toho's library of films, with each volume focusing on a different character.

This volume covers Godzilla from Godzilla 2000 Millennium (1999).
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The Mammoth Book Of Kaiju
Publisher:  Mammoth Books
Oct, 2016
Pages: 480
Editors: Sean Wallace
Authors: “Softly Spoke the Gabbleduck” by Neal Asher, “Occupied” by Natania Barron, “Now I Am Nothing” by Simon Bestwick, “The Black Orophant” by Daniel Braum, “Attack of the 50-Foot Cosmonaut” by Michael Canfield, “Postcards from Monster Island” by Emily Devenport, “Seven Dates That Were Ruined by Giant Monsters” by Adam Ford, “The Lighthouse Keeper of Kurohaka Island” by Kane Gilmour, “Kungmin Horangi: The People’s Tiger” by Cody Goodfellow, “The Island of Dr. Otaku” by Cody Goodfellow, “With Bright Shining Faces” by Gini Koch, “One Night on Tidal Rig #13” by Tessa Kum, “Running” by Martin Livings, ​“The Unlawful Priest of Todesfall” by Penelope Love, ​“Breaking the Ice” by Maxine McArthur, ​“The Eyes of Erebus” by Chris McMahon
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“Kaiju” by Gary McMahon, “Whatever Became of Randy?” by James A. Moore, “Kadimakara and Curlew” by Jason Nahrung, “Frozen Voice” by An Owomoyela, “Mamu, or Reptillion vs Echidonah” by Nick Stathopoulos, “Cephalogon” by Alys Sterling, “Show Night” by Steve Tem, “Titanic!” by Lavie Tidhar, “The Kansas Jayhawk vs. The Midwest Monster Squad” by Jeremiah Tolbert, “The Behemoth” by Jonathan Wood, “Love and Death in the Time of Monsters” by Frank Wu 
​Language: English

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Giant monsters whose every roar and footstep shakes the earth, whose simple stroll through a city wreaks havoc: KAIJU! And even though humankind has never really seen such monsters—we tremble at the thought of them and love to shiver as their screen versions make mayhem: the beast from twenty-thousand fathoms, Godzilla demolishing Tokyo, the massive creature in Cloverfield destroying New York, all of Earth warring with the colossal monsters in Pacific Rim. Now, for the first time, a definitive anthology that gathers a wide range of larger-than-life short fiction with creatures that run a gargantuan gamut: the stealthy gabbleduck of Neal Asher's Polity universe; Gary McMahon's huge sea-born terror; An Owomoyela's incredibly tall alien invaders; Frank Wu's city-razing, eighty-foot-high, fire-breathing lizard; Lavie Tidhar's titanic ship-devouring monstrosity; a really big Midwest US smackdown related by Jeremiah Tolbert...and many more mega-monster stories to feed your need for killer kaiju!

With an introduction by Robert Hood, co-editor of the groundbreaking, Ditmar Award-winning Daikaiju: Giant Monster Tales and host of Undead Backbrain, the premier website for matters relating to giant monsters.